The Crime Free Programs are a, state-of-the-art, crime prevention programs designed to reduce crime, drugs, and gangs in rental and business properties. This program was successfully developed at the Mesa Arizona Police Department in 1992. The International Crime Free Programs have spread to nearly 2,000 cities in 44 U.S. states, 5 Canadian Provinces, Mexico, England, Finland, Japan, Russia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, and Puerto Rico. Australia has expressed interest in adopting the program.

In October 2004, the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office formed the first Family Violence Unit program in the Victorville Office. In 2005, the Family Violence Unit was expanded to include our San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga offices. The FVU is a vertical felony prosecution team consisting of attorneys, clerical staff members, investigators, and victim/witness advocates, all of whom are trained to deal with traumatic and sensitive crimes to especially vulnerable victims.

The Crimes Against Children Detail specializes in the investigation of child sexual and physical abuse cases, child sex rings, child pornography, child exploitation, Internet crimes against children, and other cases involving child victims where special investigative skills and training is needed. During the course of investigating these crimes, detectives routinely rely upon the services of other agencies i.e., Children and Family Services, the Children’s Fund Assessment Center, the Loma Linda Children’s Hospital and the District Attorney’s Victim/Witness Program.

In September 1997, Sheriff Gary Penrod launched Operation CleanSWEEP on several county high school campuses. Three components (among others) made available to the schools are the Juvenile Citation Program, the School Security Assessment, and Speakers.

Our mission is to unite volunteers together, from diverse walks of life, to provide the highest quality of
service and support to our communities. The individual value and skill of every volunteer empowers
our ability to promote and carry forward the traditions, goals and mission of the San Bernardino
County Sheriff's Department.